Go to a completed landscape project that a landscape architect has
designed. Before you visit the site, obtain a plan of the design from
the landscape architect if one is available.

After completing requirement 1, discuss the following with your
merit badge counselor:

Tell whether the design had separate spaces,
, a defined point of entry, a clear path
system, and sun and shade variety.

Discuss how any structures, the designated
seating, eating, or parking areaareas suited the overall design.

Explain how the design reflected consideration for the comfort,
shelter, and security of the users.

Discuss how the choice of trees, shrubs, and ground covers used
in the project contributed to its appeal and function.

Identify five shrubs, five trees, and one ground cover, being sure
that you select examples of different shapes, sizes, and textures. With
the help of your counselor or a local nursery, choose plants that will
grow in your area. Bring pictures of the different planting materials
or, if possible, examples of their branches, leaves, or flowers to a
group such as your troop
meetingor class at school. Be prepared
to tell how you might use each in the design of a landscape
and the maintenance that would follow.

After obtaining permission from the appropriate
authority, lookLook at and study a
place of worship,or
school grounds, or a public building and identify
to find the place where most people
arrive by bus or car. Show you canThen do the following:

Using a measuring tape, measure and draw the
main site entry and its nearby area
using a scale of 1/8 inch equal to 1 foot on an
11-by-17-inch piece of paper. Define the
scale of your drawing. Be sure to include the driveway and
the wall and door where people enter the school
or place of worshipsidewalk or path that
leads to the building’s main entry. Indicate any sidewalks,
structures, trees, and plants, lights, drains,
utilities, or other site furnishings within the study area.
Make a copytwo copies
of this plan toand
save the original, then do 4b and 4c using the copies.

On one copy of your site plan, use
directional arrows to indicate where the water drains across the
site, where ditches occur, and where water stands for a longer period
of time.

Decide how you can make the place safer and more comfortable
for those using it. Redesign the area on another copy of the plan.
You may want to include new walks, covered waiting areas, benches,
space-defining plantings of trees and shrubs, and drainage structures.

Find out about three career opportunities in landscape architecture.
Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required
for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why
this profession might interest you.

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